| 单词 | angular distance |
| 例句 | If the distance moved is less than half the angular distance between the spokes, the wheel will appear to revolve normally. 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: November 2022 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z You find that Sirius has traveled an angular distance of about 75° in 5 h. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The angular distance from the seismic source to the shadow zone is 103° on either side, so the total angular distance of the shadow zone is 154°. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z On a globe, it’s about nine percent of the angular distance between the Equator and the North Pole. Eight Degrees North 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Magnetic ~, the angular distance of a heavenly body, when on the horizon, from the magnetic east or west point as indicated by the compass. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z But if the distance is more than this, say, three-quarters the angular distance between the spokes, then an illusion of backward motion is produced. 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: November 2022 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z In astronomy the declination is the angular distance, as seen from the earth, of a heavenly body from the celestial equator, thus corresponding with terrestrial latitude. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z At fifty-four minutes past seven, p. m., angular distance from Sirius, 74° 48′ 20″; length of tail, 24° 16′. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z These angular distances are attained only when the sun is on the horizon, and they increase as it rises. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z This method would be correct were it not that a change in the planet’s declination or angular distance from the celestial equator might render the conclusions incorrect. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z Solar time is the angular distance of the sun past the meridian. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z In astronomy the word denotes the angular distance of a body from the pericentre of the orbit in which it is moving. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" In this way, their angular distances truly indicate the lapse of time. Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. When they are at their greatest angular distance apart as seen from the earth one of them will evidently be approaching at the same moment that the other is receding. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers Furthermore, the ‘aspect’ or angular distance of one planet from another altered its influence in various ways. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z Verify this statement by measuring, in Fig. 53, with the protractor, the moon's angular distance from the meridian at noon on July 3d. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z In the ancient astronomy the anomaly was taken as the angular distance of the planet from the point of the farthest recession from the earth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" The method was to take two stars in the same telescopic field and carefully to estimate their apparent angular distance from each other at different seasons of the year. Pioneers of Science The declination of a celestial body is its angular distance N or S of the celestial equator or equinoctial. Lectures in Navigation The azimuth of a star is its angular distance from the south point, measured westward on the horizon, to a vertical circle passing through the star. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z The Declination of a star is its angular distance north or south of the celestial equator. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z The angular distance of these two stars in the heavens is not so great as the angle subtended by a line an inch long viewed at a distance of half a mile. The Story of the Heavens Announce angular distance and direction from the reference point to the target. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Now get clearly in your mind how we measure the angular distance from the celestial equator of any heavenly body. Lectures in Navigation These two terms are now practically obsolete, having been used formerly to denote angular distance north or south of the ecliptic and angular distance measured east and west along circles parallel to the ecliptic. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z By measuring these angular distances of the star from the zenith, the astronomer finds the angles at the center of the earth between the stations 1, 2, 3, etc., at which his observations are made. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z LONGITUDE.�The angular distance of a heavenly body from the first point of Aries, measured from the ecliptic as seen from the earth. How to Read the Crystal or, Crystal and Seer The angular distance of a heavenly body from the sun eastward or westward. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Midway between each cardinal and inter-cardinal point - at an angular distance of 22�� or 2 points, is a point named by combining a cardinal point with an inter-cardinal point. Lectures in Navigation Right ascension, corresponding to terrestrial longitude, is the angular distance of a heavenly body from the vernal equinox measured on the celestial equator eastward to the hour circle passing through the body. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z Does the amount of illuminated surface of the moon have any relation to the moon's angular distance from the sun? A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z The angular distance from Atlas to Pleione is 5′. Astronomy for Amateurs The elevation of any of the heavenly bodies above the plane of the horizon, or its angular distance from the horizon, measured in the direction of a great circle passing through the zenith. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The true altitude of a heavenly body is the angular distance of its center as measured from the center of the earth. Lectures in Navigation The apparent angular distance of its vertex from the sun varies, according to circumstances, from 40� to 90�, and the breadth of its base perpendicular to its axis from 8� to 30�. Aether and Gravitation The Altitude of a star is its angular distance above the horizon. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z A bell, with its mouth pointed upwards or downwards, sends forth waves which are far denser in the horizontal plane passing through the bell than at an angular distance of 90° from that plane. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The angular distance of a heavenly body from one of the poles, counted on from 0° to 180°. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The zenith distance of any point or celestial body is its angular distance from the zenith of the observer. Lectures in Navigation The armature consists of a turned ring of iron, having around its circumference sixteen teeth of equal size and at equal angular distance apart, as shown in Fig. Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 These inequalities eventually place the body, not to speak of entire circumferences, at angular distances of a semi-circle, a circle and a half, &c., from the position which it would otherwise occupy. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men In the first arrangement these lines were horizontal; in the second the ends next to the observer were depressed five degrees; while in the final arrangement these ends were elevated through a like angular distance. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. The angular distance of a heavenly body from the first point of Aries, measured upon the ecliptic, as viewed from the earth. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Now, suppose you wish to get the angular distance between two lighthouses as seen from the bridge of your ship. Lectures in Navigation The second class of instruments consists of those which are designed principally to measure the angular distances of the heavenly bodies from each other, and their time of passing the meridian. The Uses of Astronomy An Oration Delivered at Albany on the 28th of July, 1856 Thus we see, that the conjunctions will always occur in three given points of the orbit of each planet situate at angular distances of 120° from each other. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men An interruption of any desired relative length may be introduced between repetitions of the series by restricting the distribution of angular distances among the cams to the requisite fraction of the whole revolution. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. The angular distance of a body from the first point of Aries, measured upon the ecliptic, as viewed from the sun. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. But it is not formed at the same angular distance as the rainbow, and, although pale, it often envelops a series of interior colored arcs. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky When it is at its greatest angular distance from the sun, as A or C, we see it illuminated like the half-moon. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work Every other drop similarly situated, that is, every drop at an angular distance of 42½° from the line through the sun and eye, will do the same. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 Barbicane did not answer, but after a rapid glance at the captain he took a compass, which he used to measure the angular distance of the terrestrial globe. The Moon-Voyage The longitude calculated by observing the moon's angular distance from the sun or a fixed star. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Iridescent Clouds.—Not yet understood; observations required, especially angular distance from the sun. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Declination, the angular distance of a celestial body north or south from the celestial equator. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work All drops at the same angular distance will do the same, and we shall therefore obtain a band of violet light of the same width as the red band. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 The cylinders were of steel, arranged in two groups or rows of four, the angular distance between them being 90 degrees. A History of Aeronautics The angular distance of any celestial object from the zenith at the time of observation. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. In order to determine their position with as much accuracy as possible, the angular distances of the peaks were measured with the sextant, at different fixed points from which they could be seen. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Elongation, the angular distance of a planet from the sun. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work It is furnished for this purpose with eight disks, each of which contains a given number of circles of holes arranged at different angular distances. Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 The latitude being the angular distance north or south of the equator, and the longitude east or west of the assumed meridian. Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 In other words, it is the horizontal angular distance of a star from the east or west points. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Clocks of a sort had been made, but Tycho Brahe found them so unreliable that he seldom used them, and many of his position-measurements were made by measuring the angular distances from known stars. History of Astronomy Latitude, the angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work This, I believe, consists in obtaining with the proper instruments the angular distance between the moon and some one of the stars. Omoo At an angular distance of more than eighty paces the quadruman had been shot full in the head. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon When the moon appears exactly as a half-moon, and her angular distance from the sun 90°, but towards the west, she is said to be in the last quarter, with her eastern half illuminated. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The compass was then brought down to a divided circle, by which means the number of degrees in the apparent angular distance of the two stars was determined. Great Astronomers Ascension, right, the angular distance of a heavenly body from the first point of Aries, measured on the equator. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work On one occasion Malm saw a young fish raise and depress the lower eye through an angular distance of about seventy degrees. The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition The micrometer as used in telescopes enables the observer to measure accurately small angular distances. A History of Science — Volume 2 The arc of retrogradation is the angular distance thus apparently traversed. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. This having been accomplished, the length from A to the cross-bar is read off on the scale, and then, by means of a table previously prepared, the value of the required angular distance is obtained. Great Astronomers Azimuth, the angular distance of any point or body in the horizon from the north or south points. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work If the engineer had possessed a sextant, an apparatus with which the angular distance of objects can be measured with great precision, there would have been no difficulty in the operation. The Mysterious Island The instrument reflects a celestial or any distant object so as to bring the image into contact with any object seen direct, by which their angular distance is measured, as in lunar distances. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. A mathematical instrument for taking altitudes of, and measuring the angular distances between, the heavenly bodies. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The angular distance of a heavenly body east or west of the meridian. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Cyrus Harding pointed one leg of the compasses to the horizon, the other to Alpha, and the space between the two legs gave him the angular distance which separated Alpha from the horizon. The Mysterious Island Cyrus Harding then took the instrument which he had made the evening before, the space between its two legs giving the angular distance between the star Alpha and the horizon. The Mysterious Island |
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